First Youth Circle on Twitter to promote Arabic language
dubai — Twitter is all set to host a Youth Circle on promoting the Arabic language. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) is joining hands with the Emirates Youth Council to host the interactive session from 6.30am to 8.30pm today.
Noted as the first Youth Circle to be held on the social networking site, the session is titled ‘How to make Arabic the language of science and knowledge?’
The real-time discussion will take place on Twitter via the hashtags: #Youth_Circle and #Bil_Arabi.
Participants from around the world will get the chance to voice their opinions and share their thoughts on the subject. A video documenting the session will later be published on the ministry’s social networking accounts.
Interactive discussions throughout the Youth Circle are set to tackle such various topics as the host of activities organised to support the Arabic language as part of the Year of Giving 2017.
The debate will explore how present and future generations can benefit from using Arabic in science, given the language’s flexibility and capacity to transfer knowledge to Arab societies everywhere. Additionally, the role of both traditional and social media in promoting the use of Arabic as the main language of online dialogue in the Arab world will be discussed.
Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Chair of the Emirates Youth Council, is set to participate in the Youth Circle. Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of MBRF; Aisha bin Bayat Al Falasi, head of the government communication unit at Dubai Educational Zone; and Heba Al Samt, director of digital media for TV and radio at Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), will be the other participants.
The circle will be moderated by Al Arabiya TV’s Mohamed Al Tamehi.
The MBRF hopes the circle will produce bold new ideas, initiatives, proposals and programmes that bolster and promote the Arabic language across all platforms.
Participants are encouraged to imagine new ways to use the language that better suit present day requirements, and align with the UAE Government’s efforts to build a sustainable knowledge economy and implement the UAE Vision 2021.
The foundation had previously launched the Bil Arabi initiative — on UN Arabic Language Day — for the specific purpose of promoting the use of Arabic in cultural discourse and knowledge-related projects.
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